Renske Karlien Hercules (1989) is a contemporary painter based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Since her time in university she slowly started expanding her hobby by creating and selling digital illustrations of female portraits and accessories. Years later she started using oil painting that is now her main choice of medium. Renske is a prolific portraitist who is fascinated by the beauty of women and female faces. She used oil paints and hardware tools to paint abruptly and spontaneously in the beginning of her painting process and more traditional techniques to finish the paintings. Her approach relies on dripping, splashing and swooshing paint, revealing the physicality of the painting process in the final piece. Read more about Hercules on artbyhercules dot com
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Renske Karlien Hercules (1989) is a contemporary painter based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Since her time in university she slowly started expanding her hobby by creating and selling digital illustrations of female portraits and accessories. Years later she started using oil painting that is now her main choice of medium. Renske is a prolific portraitist who is fascinated by the beauty of women and female faces. She used oil paints and hardware tools to paint abruptly and spontaneously in the beginning of her painting process and more traditional techniques to finish the paintings. Her approach relies on dripping, splashing and swooshing paint, revealing the physicality of the painting process in the final piece. Read more about Hercules on artbyhercules dot com